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Petrichor International Music Competition

5th Competition Results

5TH EDITION2025

Entries close November 30

The 6th Petrichor International Music Competition

  • 12 categories
  • $60,000 in prizes
  • every age and nationality

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Competition Results

All Categories Have Been Announced

Thank you for being part of the 5th Petrichor International Music Competition!

We were thrilled to receive hundreds of entries spanning 29 countries this year. The extraordinary talent presented a wonderful challenge for our jury, leading us to name shared prize winners in several categories.

In line with our established process, the competition operates as a single-round event where our artistic committee evaluates entries through progressive shortlisting stages. As in past years, we continue to publicly recognize these evaluation stages by announcing Finalists and Semi-Finalists alongside our Winners. Additionally, to celebrate the exceptional level of artistry heard this year, the committee has spotlighted over 10 additional semi-finalists whose work deeply resonated with the panel.

Please note that only the participants who advanced to these specific shortlisted tiers are published below. If your name does not appear on this list, your application did not advance to the semi-finalist stage this year.

If you are a winner, finalist, or semi-finalist, our team will reach out in the coming weeks regarding prizes and next steps, including exclusive album release sponsorships from Petrichor Records for selected musicians.

A Note on Feedback & Future Competitions

Due to the high volume of entries and our focus as a competition rather than an educational platform, we are unable to provide individual feedback. All decisions made by the artistic committee and jury are final.

Art is inherently subjective, and not being selected this year is in no way a reflection of your talent. Because our jury panel rotates annually, a future committee may hear your work in a completely different light, and we strongly encourage you to apply again!

If you have any questions or ideas, please feel free to reach out via email at any time.

The 6th Petrichor International Music Competition will be announced in August.

Stay tuned!

1.

SOLO PERFORMERS UNDER THE AGE OF 16

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Jasper Ouyang

    Piano

    • Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune, 3rd movement of Suite Bergamasque
    • Chopin: Souvenir de Paganini

  2. 2nd Prize

    James Chen

    Violin

    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

  3. 3rd prize

    Oshmith Roy

    Flute

    • Khatchuturian: Flute Concerto III Movement Allegro Vivace
    • Moquet: Pan and the Shepards

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Sarah Fernandes

    Piano

  • Sarabella Last

    Piano

  • Mondy Gottesman

    Cello

  • Ellie Ahn

    Flute

  • Tat Sen Davis Cheung

    Piano

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Shaelyn Wu

    Violin

  • Papitcha Vejmongkolkorn

    Piano

  • Ritaro Iizuka

    Violin

  • Mateo Garcia

    Piano

  • Adalia Mathew

    Piano

  • Rebecca Choi

    Flute

  • Gabriel Omana

    Piano

  • Rarinvalai Sodtivarakul

    Piano

  • Wesley Tsai

    Violin

  • Sophia Jenkins

    Cello

  • Mia Gonzalez

    Piano

  • Luna Gonzalez

    Violoncello

  • Nathan Liu

    Piano

2.

SOLO PERFORMERS UNDER THE AGE OF 21

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Emily Wang

    Piano

    • Karol Szymanowski: Masques Op. 34

  2. 2nd Prize

    Robert Manson

    Violin

    • J.S. Bach: Partita for Solo Violin in D Minor

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Kimberly Alexandra Adam

    Voice

    • Osvaldo Golijov: Lúa Descolorida
    • Giacomo Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimí

    Sophie HingFei Leung

    Violin

    • Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Aurelia Faidley

    Cello

  • Nicholas Kim

    Cello

  • Noëlle Streuber-Eden

    Violin

  • Ethan Murphy

    Cello

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Greyson Geisness

    Viola

  • Aydin Iqbal

    Clarinet

  • Jiayi Sun

    Timpani

  • Joey Machin

    Violin

  • Aya Okimoto

    Violin and Piano

  • Felipe Diez

    Piano

  • Jiyool (Jaynie) Lee

    Violin

  • Horace Hok Chung Lai

    Voice

  • Cole Thomerson

    Piano

  • Hilary Chan

    Violin

  • Irei Fromme

    Cello

  • Madison Testa

    Oboe

  • Michael Dorner

    Piano

  • Alvaro Gonzalez Orellana

    Saxophone

  • Spencer Méndez

    Bassoon

3.

SOLO PERFORMERS OVER THE AGE OF 21

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Wei Li

    Dulcimer and Piano

    • J. S. Bach: Toccata in F-sharp Minor, BWV 910
    • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Six moments musicaux, Op. 16
    • Wei Li: Prelude and Fugue for Dulcimer

  2. 2nd Prize

    Tigran Hovhanessian

    Duduk

    • Improvisations with Duduk and Electronics

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Ji Weon Ryu

    Flute

    • Franz Schubert: Introduction and Variations, D.802

    Alejandro Muñoz

    Conductor

    • Giuseppe Verdi: Réquiem - Dies Irae
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for violin & strings, III. Allegro

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Paul Shaw

    Piano

  • Timothy Gocklin

    Oboe

  • Carl Manuel Alexander Druminski

    Violin

  • Marley Erickson

    Violin

  • Samuel Jiménez-Collazos

    Violin

  • Mercedes Cheung

    Violin

  • Rachel Szabo

    Flute

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Weiyu Zhang

    Vocal

  • Hannah Porter Occeña

    Flute

  • Colleen Daly

    Voice

  • Jacob Dalager

    Trumpet

  • Yoon-Wha Roh

    Piano

  • Aileen Razey

    Clarinet

  • Alexander Milovanov

    Guitar

  • Mădălina Danila

    Piano

  • Megan Dillon

    Saxophone

  • Andrei Kudriakov

    Piano

  • Gaynor Van Vuuren

    Piano

  • Siyumeng Wang

    Piano

  • Lenka Molcanyiova

    Recorder

  • Jingbo Zong

    Piano

  • Sung Hye Kim

    Voice

  • Mary Voutsas

    Piano

  • Henrique Rabelo

    Piano

  • Alberico Zerbinatti

    Violin

  • Anthony Nguyen

    Voice

  • Carlo Alfonso

    Saxophone

  • Maximilian Koch

    Voice

  • Blaine Krauss

    Voice

  • Henry Cole

    Percussion

  • Antonia Sinibald

    Bass, Percussion, Guitar

  • Neil Krzeski

    Piano

  • Yajing Kang

    Piano

4.

SMALL ENSEMBLES

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Moscow New Music Ensemble

    • Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau sans maître

  2. 2nd Prize (shared)

    Khemia Ensemble

    • Phillip Sink: Bite!

    Covert Ensemble

    • Jun Nagao: Paganini Lost

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Serenade Duo

    • Eduardo Martín: Suite Habana (I. Lugares Comunes, II. Amaneceres, III. Laberinto, IV. Sol y Sombras)

    Quercus Trio

    • Daniel Schnyder: Walden

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Evelyn String Quartet

  • TASHA WARREN AND DAVE EGGAR

  • Monroe String Quartet

  • AuMeNsamble

  • Lucía Peregrino & Llum Colomer

  • Seattle Modern Orchestra

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • San Antonio Harmonie Ensemble

  • Center Woodwind Quintet

  • Blue Ridge Trombone Quartet

  • KanGrace

  • Flarra Duo

  • Zhaoxuan Song with Musicians

  • Nightingale Trio

  • MÍMICA Quartet

  • Aurum Brass

  • Zac Granger Quintet

  • Jubal Fulks and Adam Zukiewicz

  • HIARA

  • Eric Wurzelbacher

  • Kevin Du Trio

  • Tiffany Lau Vocal Performance Academy

5.

LARGE ENSEMBLES

ORCHESTRAS/ CHOIRS

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Ostravska Banda

    • Christian Wolff: 2 Orchestra Pieces

  2. 2nd Prize

    Moscow New Music Ensemble

    • Gerard Grisey: Partiels
    • Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Empyrean Orchestra

    • Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
    • Joel Henrik Helle: Das Höllische Spiel

    Temple University Music Prep - Youth Chamber Orchestra

    • George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 5
    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Tonality

  • The Portland State University Chamber Choir

  • The Jonathan Saraga Jazz Orchestra

  • Camerata Gala

  • UCLA Trumpet Ensemble

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Central Washington University Chamber Choir

  • Verdigris Ensemble

  • City of Angels Community Choirs

  • William Baker Festival Singers

  • Musicall Youth Orchestra of Miami

  • University of Memphis University Singers

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette Chamber Singers

  • Angelo State University Chamber Singers

  • Concert Choir (Palm Beach Atlantic University)

  • Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Gold Jazz Band

  • Chroma

  • Texas Harmony A Cappella Chorus

  • University of Nevada, Reno Clarinet Ensemble

  • Ginita y La Orquesta Esa

6.

COMPOSERS UNDER THE AGE OF 21

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Noah Williams

    • Symphony No. 1
    • Piano Sontatas I-III

  2. 2nd Prize

    Jeong Park

    • Happy Electronic Noises

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Carter Smith

    • Hiemal Whispers
    • Seven Leagues from Stoneman Cape

    Delfin Demiray

    • as an antidote to fear of death, i eat the stars

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Leo Little

  • Jessica Lee

  • Ren Cher Chia

  • Gabriel Legros

  • Jose Andres Alvarez

  • Vlada Lysenko

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Rodrigo Paulo

  • Sylvia Khouri

  • Zey Kara

  • Liam McQuade

  • Margaret Manevich

  • Cheng-En Wu

  • Byron Siragusa

  • Haoyuan Wu

  • Giorgi Arabidze

  • Periklis Sdravopoulos

  • Joel Pae

  • Elian Rangel

  • Solène Della Gaspera

  • Jude Suh

  • Zachary Gindi Chiafullo

7.

COMPOSERS OVER THE AGE OF 21

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Li Fang

    • Double Concerto for Flute and Erhu

  2. 2nd Prize

    Wang Lu

    • Quiet Night Thoughts (静夜思)

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Lansing McLoskey

    • I Heard the Children Singing

    Remy Le Boeuf

    • Vignette No. 20 and 21

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • William Harvey

  • Joel Harrison

  • Larry Barnes

  • Gregory Yasinitsky

  • Linda Bouchard

  • Tian Tian

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Justin Dello Joio

  • Sahba Aminikia

  • Robert Cohen

  • Till Meyn

  • Angela Slater

  • Yifei Xu

  • Teresa Um

  • Leo Steinriede

  • Gregory Hall

  • Enea Astori

  • Yuxuan Lin

  • Roberto Franca

  • Mary Simoni

  • Michalis Sourvinos

  • Jakub Polaczyk

  • Xin He

  • Emanuel Reichert-Lübbert

  • Iván Carmona

  • Arthur (Peiyao) Wang

  • Herli Daniel Garcia

  • Sarah Bassingthwaighte

  • Lauren Biggs

  • Sean Al-Jibouri

  • Arcan Okan Kursun

8.

ELECTRONIC OR MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKS

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Farzad Najafi

    • Voices of the Night

  2. 2nd Prize

    Jeong Park

    • Sketches on Poème Électronique

  3. 3rd prize

    Dave Eggar

    • Love Is Born

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Leah Reid

  • Rodion Andester

  • Paul Wilt

  • Julian Green

  • Ellie Cherry

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Daroo Lee

  • Boyi Bai

  • Jeanne Hourez

  • Martin La Rotta Natale

  • Aileen Ping-Chen Shen

  • Derek Keller

  • Jay Batzner

  • Kristin Hauge

  • Jorge Care

  • Klaus Ellerhusen Holm

  • Luca de Matteis

  • Aria Song

  • Yilin Wang

  • Joao Pedro Oliveira

  • Eva Benitez

9.

FILM / VIDEO GAME / ANIMATION MUSIC

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Wei Wei Lang

    • Optometrist (upcoming)

  2. 2nd Prize

    Simon Jang

    • Collection of Indie Video Games

  3. 3rd prize

    Michele Josia

    • Revival

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • João Pedro Oliveira

  • Diego Chi

  • Tom Foster

  • Robert Lampkin

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Logyn Okuda

  • Seungwon (Simon) Lee

  • Pietro Gallo

  • Jordan Stevenson

  • Steve Murillo

  • Hart Lu

  • Vanessa James

  • Alex Huddleston

  • Michelle Juyoung Son

  • Gui Figueiredo

  • Lizzie Harms

  • Antimo Esposito

  • Marc Paquette

  • Hyejin Lee

  • Marco Cerroni

10.

ARRANGEMENTS

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Matthew Souza

    • Metamorphosis on a Theme by Carlo Gesualdo

  2. 2nd Prize

    Brittany Howard

    • Boléro for Brass Ensemble

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Julie Bernstein

    • Christmas Song
    • What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
    • My Funny Valentine

    Justis MacKenzie

    • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    • Suite from The Mandalorian

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Rob Folsom

  • Arthur (Peiyao) Wang

  • Yasmine Azaiez

  • Anja Lobnik

  • Marina Vinogradova

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Clark Clifford

  • Yu Qian

  • Brad Hogarth

  • Marta Álvarez García

  • Kathryn Woodard

  • Stefan Diaconu

  • Joel Rodriguez

  • Adam Price

  • Wayne Yang

  • Reece Scyphers

  • Mark Ian Estrellado

  • Elijah Henderson

  • Luke Turner

  • Sandro Macelloni

  • Sandrine Luigi

  • Cheukyan Fung

11.

IMPROVISATION

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Alex Lubet

    • Mountain Dulcimer Improvisations

  2. 2nd Prize

    Amir Salehi

    • Improvisations on Tar: A New Approach to Dastgah

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Edson Zampronha

    • Improvisation on Schoenberg's Opus 33a

    Barbara Mayer

    • Seven women. 7 portraits on legendary female personalities in history

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Jessica Lee

  • Stefano Pantaleoni

  • Hideaki Ura

  • Dimitrije Jocić

  • Dave Eggar

  • Randall Hall

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Chantal Balestri

  • Rubens Salles

  • Leonardo Lopez Varady

  • Fox Foster

  • Françoise Vanhecke

  • Jeremiah Bornfield

  • Louis Thomson

  • Luisa Muhr

  • Lachlan McGargill

  • Zeb Jewell-Alibhai

  • Alejandro Martinez

  • Jack Williams

  • Nathanael Smith

12.

BEST ALBUM (PERFORMANCE OR COMPOSITION)

Winners:

  1. Grand Prize

    Guerino Mazzola

    • Subtle (2020)

  2. 2nd Prize

    Emma Johnson

    • New Works by Trans Composers (upcoming)

  3. 3rd prize (shared)

    Asako Hirabayashi

    • The Harpsichord in the New Millennium (2010)

    Laura Farré Rozada

    • Araspel (2025)

Finalists (in no particular order) :

  • Dave Meder

    New American Hymnal

  • Phatthicha Leowattana

    Butterfly

  • Kristín Jónína Taylo

    Midwest Piano Sonatas

  • Artem Kuznetsov

    En Pointe

  • Erickson Clipper

    Florence Price Sonata in E minor

  • Linda J. Chase

    For Our Common Home, Resounding Ecojustice

Semi-Finalists (in no particular order):

  • Cullen Luper

    Unbound (Original Soundtrack)

  • Cobus du Toit

    From The Rooftop

  • Viktorija Pilatovic

    Seven Letters

  • Halit Turgay

    Cappadocia

  • Piotr Zawadzki

    Skia / Eidos

  • Duo FourTe

    Two Passions, One Groove

  • Sergey Sadovoy

    Baroque Reimagined

  • William Catanzaro

    Music in View

  • Ensemble Bella Luce

    The Arc of Light

  • Maurizio Rolli

    Sound Archives-Time Machine

  • Alex Annan

    Northern Dreams

  • Duo Aldebaran

    Colores Latinos

  • Albert Miller

    Seasons

  • Jazzmeia Horn

    Messages

  • Kenneth Robinson

    Let The Trumpet Sound

  • Center for Gifted Young Musicians

    Voyages